Masa Revolution crew Martin Espino and Victor “victor-e” Mendoza rehearse the traditional Mexican Aztec Dance with Liliana Curioca at an art studio in Long Beach. Martin performed at the Tulipanes Festival in Holland, Michigan for the last six years. This time, he invited along these two special guests to take …

A man dressed as a chicken was among the artists showing off their latest creations during the first Latino Comic Expo. The daylong event drew several hundred kids– of all ages– to the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach. More than 50 artists and vendors set up their books, …

LA Weekly and Bill Esparza’s first street food event ended on a tremendous high note. Check out these posts about it. Masa Revolution was booth #18. We had La Guerrerense from Ensenada to our left and Zip Car to the right. It was the perfect day for an outdoor event: …

Masa Revolution: The Backstreet to The American Dream is an independent documentary for theatrical release about how the booming food truck scene builds community. It also covers the history of the industry and highlights Los Angeles as a model for the world in the street food revolution. The full-length feature …

Here’s a sneak peek at the forces behind Masa Revolution: The Backstreet to The American Dream. I’ll keep it short, because the video speaks for itself. It starts by introducing each person involved in the project, and ends with photos of us at our crew meeting in Burbank on May 2nd, …

Call it a batcave, or maybe a carwash. Officially, commissaries are the type of place that few people know exist, although they’re a key ingredient for food truck operators hungry to stay in business across Los Angeles County. Jorge Neri goes behind the scenes at a commissary in Sun Valley …

Loncheras are riding the food truck tidal wave: It’s not the kind of question you ask in public, but: Would you eat from a plain white catering truck? While perusing the menu of a fancy green-and-orange food truck parked near Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank on a recent afternoon, a man in a button-down shirt …

The woman who co-founded the National Farmworkers Association with Cesar Chavez in 1962, which later became the United Farm Workers, is being recognized with a Presidential Medal of Freedom. The medal is given to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the …

Lines stretched for blocks in northeast L.A. last night as fans jostled to get a taste of the latest Skrillex project — a literal taste, that is, of the diminutive dubstep pioneer’s new mobile culinary lab, Grillex. The Grammy-winning L.A. native Skrillex (born Sonny Moore) launched Grillex to minimal initial …